Tennessee Woman Shoots Monkey Who Tried to Attack Her

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Thrasher, TN – A Tennessee woman shot a vervet monkey she said tried to attack her, according to police. The monkey later died from his wounds at the Chattanooga Zoo.

The woman, whose name was not released, went to feed her cats Thursday afternoon in Thrasher, Tennessee, when the monkey approached her and tried to attack her. The woman said she recently had hip surgery and tried to get away from the monkey.  She told police she went to get her shotgun from her house to defend herself.

Officers found the wounded monkey in the driveway and transported it to the Chattanooga Zoo to be treated. A zoo spokesperson said the monkey arrived Thursday evening and was moved into the animal hospital. Unfortunately, due to the severity of the monkey’s wounds, the best course of action for the animal was humane euthanasia,” Jake Cash, the spokesperson for Chattanooga Zoo, confirmed to CBS News.

The Soddy-Daisy Police Department did not say whether the vervet monkey was a pet or if it had an owner, but local media reported the monkey had a collar.

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